Everything you ever wanted to know about the death penalty!!
In 1608, the first known execution in the American colonies when George Kendall of Virginia was plotting (supposedly) to betray the Brisitsh to the Spanish.
In 1612, the Divine Moral, and Martial Laws made the death penalty usable for even minor offenses such as stealing grapes.
Daniel Frank of Virginia was executed in 1622 for the crime of theft, marking the first "legal" execution in the American colonies.
Later, in between the years 1636-1647 the death penalty established for pre-meditated murder, sodomy, witchcraft, adultery, idolatry, blasphemy, assault in anger, rape,
statutory rape, manstealing, perjury in a capital trial, rebellion, manslaughter, poisoning and bestiality in New England.
The youngest person to ever be executed in the United States of America was James Acrane, a Native Maerican boy who was 10 years of age when he comitted the crime.
However, George Stinney, a 14 year old african amercican, was the youngest person to be executed post World War II.
The Denalty is one of the oldest forms of punishment. The Death Penalty took many different forms in its early years, stoning and hanging were some of the earliest forms. The death penalty took many evolutions from Electri Chair and Firing squad to lethal injection. The first established death penalty started in 18 century B.C in Babylon by King Hammaurabi who sentenced death to 25 different people.
In 1972 the supreme court case of Furman vs. Georgia decided to overturn the legality of the death penalty and determined it to be cruel and unusual punishment
Then in 1977 the death penalty was re-established for convicted murderer Gary Gilmore by firing squad and ever since that in 2000 the death penalty has been re-established in all but four states. I personally believe the death penalty is a valid and reasonable punishment for people. I believe it contols over population in prisons and often enough suits the punishment for the crime. http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/bldeathpenalty.htm ----Suck on that.
In 1608, the first known execution in the American colonies when George Kendall of Virginia was plotting (supposedly) to betray the Brisitsh to the Spanish.
In 1612, the Divine Moral, and Martial Laws made the death penalty usable for even minor offenses such as stealing grapes.
Daniel Frank of Virginia was executed in 1622 for the crime of theft, marking the first "legal" execution in the American colonies.
source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/execution/readings/history.html
Later, in between the years 1636-1647 the death penalty established for pre-meditated murder, sodomy, witchcraft, adultery, idolatry, blasphemy, assault in anger, rape,
statutory rape, manstealing, perjury in a capital trial, rebellion, manslaughter, poisoning and bestiality in New England.
source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/execution/readings/history.html
The youngest person to ever be executed in the United States of America was James Acrane, a Native Maerican boy who was 10 years of age when he comitted the crime.
However, George Stinney, a 14 year old african amercican, was the youngest person to be executed post World War II.
source: http://www.workers.org/us/2005/court-0310/
The Denalty is one of the oldest forms of punishment. The Death Penalty took many different forms in its early years, stoning and hanging were some of the earliest forms. The death penalty took many evolutions from Electri Chair and Firing squad to lethal injection. The first established death penalty started in 18 century B.C in Babylon by King Hammaurabi who sentenced death to 25 different people.
In 1972 the supreme court case of Furman vs. Georgia decided to overturn the legality of the death penalty and determined it to be cruel and unusual punishment
Then in 1977 the death penalty was re-established for convicted murderer Gary Gilmore by firing squad and ever since that in 2000 the death penalty has been re-established in all but four states. I personally believe the death penalty is a valid and reasonable punishment for people. I believe it contols over population in prisons and often enough suits the punishment for the crime. http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/bldeathpenalty.htm ----Suck on that.